AMERICAN READING COMPANY, INC.
BLUE BELL, PA

ARC believes that our country has a lot of work to do to change the unjust structures that treat some lives as more valuable than others. At American Reading Company we work every day for equity, justice, and peace. Enter your five-digit ZIP Code and click Submit to locate your American Reading Company representatives. (Non-U.S. residents, Using the map on the left, click on a state to locate your American Reading Company representatives. Want to learn more about American Reading Company? Our price list provides the prices for American Reading Company products, including classroom modules, professional development workshops, software, and à la carte items such as individual baskets and replacement books. We appreciate your interest in American Reading Company. One of our representatives will contact you soon. 100% Solar-Powered Business Mission: Built and run by education activists, American Reading Company is a trusted partner of 5,320 schools and 1,070 districts in 50 states. Our team helps strengthen district and school capacity at every level by placing literacy and agency at the heart of school transformation, through: American Reading company is a diverse, mission-driven, woman-owned business based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. We practice the same continuous improvement model that we teach schools. ARC delivers what it promises, on time, and beyond our clients' expectations. We are a triple bottom line company: With a staff of more than 200, our minimum wage for full timers is $15 an hour and 10% of company profits are distributed out to the team. There is an on-site staff nursery, which is a Spanish-speaking only environment to promote bilingualism. And as of June 2016 our offices are fully solar powered. Who We Are and What We Do Download our Corporate Slide Deck via one of the links below and learn more about who we are and what we do at American Reading Company. (a response to intervention accountability framework for whole-school transformation). To reflect its national customer-base and its growing list of products and programs, the company changed its name from 100 Book Challenge to American Reading Company in 2004. American Reading Company’s rapid growth and success in the classroom has not gone unnoticed. As one of the fastest growing companies in the United States, ARC has attracted minority investments from Random House and Ironwood Investments. It was recently recognized as one of the Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S. and is the recipient of the , American Reading Company Top 50 Business Women in Pennsylvania ARC has over 200 full-time employees and more than 30 per diem consultants committed to the mission that inspired Jane Hileman’s initial challenge to that first group of second graders in 1995: to have every student in the United States of America reading on or above grade. All aspects of their work are informed by the core value that strength lies in diversity. ARC has an 11 acre campus with an inventory of $4 million in multi-cultural tradebooks, a state-of-the art library design software tool, and a proprietary book database with 115,000 titles evaluated, ranked, leveled, and organized into over 200 content area collections. ARC is a multi-cultural, mission-driven company, practicing the same continuous improvement model at work that we teach schools. ARC delivers what it promises, on time, and beyond our clients’ expectations. Call or e-mail American Reading Company today. Megan oversees American Reading Company's professional development for teachers and district leadership and contributes to program design, tools, and materials. She also keeps the entire company informed and knowledgeable about cutting-edge academic research and educational policies at the federal and state levels. Nate oversees all information technology initiatives for the company. This includes the system design and school interface for , the Web-based student progress tracker, as well as proprietary business systems to enhance MAS 500 and SalesLogix. Since 1997, Nate has been developing desktop applications using BASIC and web-based applications using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript. He previously worked for Akron Public Schools where he supported an electronic portfolio management system and developed a Web-based lesson planning system. Nate was one of the first 15 employees to join the company and has led all technology efforts since 2002. Gina was one of the founding team members of ARC and her roles have grown with the company. She is currently the Chief Program Officer. Gina has personally read thousands and thousands of children's books and her knowledge and passion have led to the creation of ARC's engaging and diverse classroom libraries. As an ARC Executive Coach, Gina has collaborated with educators in designing and implementing literacy solutions PreK through HS, in both struggling and high achieving communities. Gina is the co-author or ARC's IRLA and a lead developer of ARC's Comprehensive Core Curriculum: Research Labs. Gina is a sought-after resource for district curriculum leaders as they design their literacy plans, thematic content, and materials solutions. Liz was one of the founding team member of ARC, beginning as a receptionist through a temp agency and working her way up through the company to her present position as Executive VP of Operations. In this role, Liz leads the teams responsible for every element of delivering ARC's solutions from the moment a customer issues a PO, through coordinating over 150,000 unique moving parts that must combine in just the right way, to delivering materials into individual classrooms across the country. Liz often works directly with district leadership to customize the logistics of large orders. Liz founded ARC's first warehouse and has seamlessly scaled the Purchasing, Inventory, Receiving, Assembly, Fulfillment, Invoicing, Customer Service departments to meet the ever growing demands of ARC.